{"product_id":"brave-new-world-9780060850524","title":"Brave New World by Huxley, Aldous","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works.\" \u003cem\u003e--Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order--all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. \"A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history's keenest observers of human nature and civilization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrave New World, \u003c\/em\u003ehis masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as a thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aldous Huxley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060850524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e8653 \/ Brave New World\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43655926055065,"sku":"9780060850524","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_a509159b-3939-4f7e-8f61-e4295fb5a25a.jpg?v=1724683805","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/brave-new-world-9780060850524","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}